4knowing, brethren beloved by God, His choice of you;5for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.

1For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain,2but after we had already suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God to speak to you the gospel of God amid much opposition.

3so that no one would be disturbed by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we have been destined for this.4For indeed when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we were going to suffer affliction; and so it came to pass, as you know.